Everyone in the world praised Wen Lingchen, empress of the Great Yue Dynasty, as dignified and gentle, virtuous and free of ambition: a model for the imperial harem and an ideal woman for all under heaven.
But within the palace, people gradually began to realize that beneath her seemingly easygoing, yielding, and uncompetitive manner lay a meticulous mind and deep cunning. Every move she made was part of a game.
An independent modern woman transmigrates into the Great Yue Dynasty, landing in the role of a powerless, neglected puppet empress.
She sees through the emperor Yue Zhaolin’s coldheartedness and lack of affection, sees through the schemes and rivalries of the imperial harem, and understands that in the palace, devotion is cheap, while yielding only invites people to walk all over you.
From then on, she dons the mask of a virtuous empress, conceals her sharpness, and patiently lays her plans. Outwardly, she abides by the duties of the empress, governs the palace with dignity, and becomes the benevolent ruler everyone praises. In secret, she masterminds every move, unravels conspiracies, foils schemes, suppresses favored consorts, and eliminates treacherous officials, settling the harem’s scores one by one.
She neither craves the emperor’s favor nor falls into romance, and she will never be a lovesick fool. She focuses solely on securing her position and building her power. She doesn’t fight for fleeting glory, but plots for a lifetime of honor.
Once the turmoil has settled, the entire harem bows before her, the noble houses and court officials treat her with deference, and even Yue Zhaolin, the emperor himself, regards her with wariness and doesn’t dare take liberties with her.
Seated in the Phoenix Palace, with the world in her hands, she wears virtue as her robe and wields strategy as her blade. She holds the empress’s throne firm and looks down on the entire harem!
